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Lamorat

Boy

Arthurian Legend

Brother of Percival.

Lamya'

Girl

Muslim

Variant of Lamya: Of dark lips.

Also written Lamya

Lana

Girl

English Gaelic Greek Hawaiian Irish

Fair; good-looking. This name of uncertain origin may be a feminine form of Man, or derived from the Irish Gaelic word for 'child'. Light. Afloat; calm as still waters. A diminutive of Alana: Child.

Lancaster

Boy

Literary

A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 1 and 2, where it belongs to prince John of Lancaster, son to the King.

Lancdon

Boy

English

From the long hill slope.

Lance

Boy

English French

Servant. God-like. Land (from Old German) The short form of the name Lancelot (which incidentally was derived originally from the name Lance!) Therefore, this name is the short form of its own diminutive.

Lancelot

Boy

Arthurian Legend English French

Knight of Arthur and lover of Guinevere. Servant. God-like. Also a diminutive of Lance. In Arthurian legend, Sir Lancelot was King Arthur's close friend and a Knight of the Round Table. A central theme in Arthurian legend is the adulterous love between Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. Servant. Also a diminutive of Lance: Land (from Old German) Lancelot was a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and adulterous lover to Queen Guinevere.

Landa

Girl

Spanish

Reference to the Virgin Mary.

Lander

Boy

English Greek

From the grassy plain. Lion.

Landis

Boy

French

From the grassy plain.

Landra

Girl

German Spanish

'Counselor.' Abbreviation of Landrada. Counselor. Abbreviation of Landrada.

Lane

Boy

English

From the long meadow 'Path; roadway.'.

Laney

Girl

English

Path; roadway. Variant of surnames Lane and Laine.

Lang

Boy

Anglo-Saxon Dutch Norse Swedish

Long. Tall.